Teaching For Quality Learning At University
@inproceedings{Biggs1999TeachingFQ,
title={Teaching For Quality Learning At University},
author={John B. Biggs and Catherine So-kum Tang},
year={1999}
}generalize create, solve unseen problems, extrapolate to unknown domains 22831.indb 124 6/15/11 2:11 PM Designing intended learning outcomes 125 • the verb at the appropriate level of understanding or of performance intended; • the topic content the verb is meant to address, the object of the verb in other words; • the context of the content discipline in which the verb is to be deployed. The ILOs for the course The Nature of Teaching and Learning illustrate these points: 1 Explain why a…
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